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Savant \noun\ sa-vahnt \
1. a person with great knowledge and ability
2. a person who is less intelligent than others but who has particular unusual abilities that other people do not have
3. Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Synonyms
= initiate, learned person, pundit
Origin
French, from Middle French, from present participle of savoir to know, from Latin sapere to be wise — more at sage
First Use: 1719
Examples
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